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With the very first title released for the Famicom way back in 1987, the "Tantei Jinguji Saburo" mystery adventure series celebrates its 20th anniversary. Made up of over 10 titles, the series has sold over 2.2 million copies in Japan over the years and have been released on various platforms including mobile phones. In this latest...

Well, I don't think I need to tell you what this title's about. With "Soroban DS" you can pick a difficulty level that suits you then go through lessons on how to use the abacus. Apart from the main lessons there is also a "Flash Arithmetic" mode to help improve your mental calculation ability, challenging questions from the National...

The Nintendogs series was a big seller as a launch title but now it's completely dropped out of the charts while Brain Age continues to stay strong. Doesn't mean developers have lost faith in giving players virtual pets though because here comes, "Machi no Petya-san DS ~200 Hiki Wan-chan Daishuugou~. Expanding on the virtual puppy...

Yes, here comes the sequel and surprise surprise, it features Pokemon from the latest two DS games, Diamond and Pearl. There will be two versions of "Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon" available, "Toki no Tankeitai" and "Yami no Tankeitai". The story tells of how one sunset you mysteriously find yourself by the beach turned into a Pokemon...

"Ichido wa Yonde Okitai Nihon Bungaku 100 Sen" contains, as the name suggests, 100 pieces of literature written by 25 different authors including Ryuunosuke Akutagawa and Souseki Natsume who wrote novels which were said to have been influenced by their Western education. The e-book software will allow you to customise font size...

So, Atlus' classic dungeon crawling RPG "Sekaiju no Meikyuu" has finally reached Western shores on Tuesday as "Etrian Odyssey". While I was trailing through my usual list of gaming news sites, I came across this hilarious fanmade IOSYS video about the FOEs in the game! You'll have to have played the game to understand the joke!
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Or, known in Japan as "Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei". The story kicks off when Link's friend Tetra, leader of the pirates, get abducted by a ghost ship. Now Link must go rescue her! This week's issue of Famitsu introduces the underwater shrine that you go adventuring in. The catch is the place is cursed and your HP will drop...

Apart from the main heroes that we've already met, Adel and Luso, there will also be Cid the leader of the Garee Clan who will be helping Luso return to the real world. Then there's the moogle bard, Hardy who meets Luso during his journey in collecting weapons. As mentioned in the comments of the last post, the law system remains. In...

Been a while since we heard much about "Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito" for the DS. Battles in the RPG will be still be turn based but just like Monster Joker, encounters aren't random. However, this time you'll find some single monsters maybe marked as a group so if you happen to attack such a monster, you could find yourself...

The official site's finally up and once again, you can here the Ouendan theme song playing in the background if you have your speakers on. The Touch DS site also have several clips of various people such as students, band member and an office lady playing the songs available in this much anticipated sequel. Interesting to hear all of...